Free Linux Foundation OTCA Exam Questions

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Total 354 Questions | Updated On: Jan 12, 2026

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Question 1

What action should you take if the 'otelcol_exporter_queue_size' frequently approaches or exceeds the 'otelcol_exporter_queue_capacity'?

A : Reduce the memory allocated to the Collector.

B : Increase the exporter queue size or add more workers.

C : Decrease the number of exporter workers.

D : Ignore the metrics as they are not critical.

Answer: B

Question 2

Your application processes incoming requests in batches, where each batch operation is initiated by multiple spans representing individual items. How should you represent the relationship between the batch operation span and the individual item spans in OpenTelemetry?

A : Set each item span as a child of the batch operation span using the parent field.

B : Use Span Links to associate the batch operation span with each individual item span.

C : Use separate traces for the batch operation and individual item spans without linking them.

D : Merge all individual item spans into the batch operation span.

Answer: B

Question 3

What is the primary purpose of Span Links in OpenTelemetry?

A : To establish a hierarchical parent-child relationship between spans.

B : To set the priority levels for spans.

C : To associate multiple spans that are causally related but do not have a direct parent-child relationship.

D : To define the timestamps for when a span starts and ends.

Answer: C

Question 4

What happens when a context in the transform processor does not meet any of its global conditions?

A : An error is logged and processing continues.

B : The processor stops processing any further contexts.

C : All statements within that context are executed without conditions.

D : The associated statements for that context are skipped.

Answer: D

Question 5

You have a root span representing an HTTP request and a child span representing a database query executed as part of handling that request. How should the child span reference its parent span?

A : By setting the child span's Trace ID to match the parent span's Trace ID

B : By creating a new Trace ID for the child span

C : By setting the child span's parent_id to the parent span's Span ID

D : By leaving the parent_id field empty in the child span

Answer: C

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